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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
7
A reflective poem by Vivian Wiertins Humberstone recalling a mother’s courage and comfort. It chronicles maternal tenderness during illness and danger, faith, and the speaker’s sense of divine guidance from a heavenly mother. The piece closes with a dedication to a mother in heaven.
The issue reports higher sales tax to three percent starting today, surplus strawberries at 60 cents a box though not homegrown, and ongoing Kenney Bros store construction on Mill Street. It notes a Women’s Institute address and lamp gift to former president Mrs George Havill, plus a death in Hornby Henry R Frankland aged 64. Also Canada orders 5 4100 000 dozen Canadian eggs for the British Ministry of Food in May, price 23 to 28 cents per dozen, with storage and possible requisition rules under the War Measures Act through 1947.
This bulletin discusses popular ornamental shrubs in Canada, including honeysuckle and mock orange, and explains selection, preparation, planting, and care for best artistic effect. It notes improved varieties and directs readers to Bulletin No. 100 from the Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, for detailed landscape guidance.
A Sunday School lesson urges parents to place God first in all life areas and to teach His word at home. It notes verses from Deuteronomy Jeremiah and Psalm 119, stressing home education, fidelity, and the Rechabites example as faithfulness under testing. The piece critiques parental neglect and calls for daily, heart‑level scripture instruction.
Port Macquarie plans a lighted town powered by a self running British six cylinder 240 hp engine. Two models will supply electricity with unattended operation and automatic alarms for cooling water loss overheating oil pressure and overspeed. If unresolved a warning blaze triggers within five minutes.
British chemists name Agrosan G a seed treatment that stops the deadly wheat seed fungus in Turkey before it develops. They also report success protecting vines from foliar fungi and note Bordeaux mixture remedies with copper sulphate plus lime are less effective unless mix is fresh. The spray costs about the same as prior methods and suits range of diseases and cotton seedling protection.
A complete cement plant weighing 1,000 tons has been shipped from Britain to Medellin in Colombia. The contract was won despite severe competition by a famous Sheffield firm of steel makers and engineers. The plant can produce 47,000 tons of cement annually with room for expansion.
British radio exports to India rose to 20 900 units with average export price 6 83 or 90 rupees as high duties and freights keep sets out of poorer homes. South Africa followed with about 100 000 pounds worth of radio units and components delivered last year.
Jeremiah records a message urging Judah to heed Jehovah's commands exactly as the Reebahites did. Their faithful adherence pleased God, who promised that Jonadab the son of Rehab shall have a man to stand before Him forever.
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